Romeo y Julieta Churchill Xmas sampler 12DCRC

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Smoked the RyJ Churchill(GEL Feb 20) that came with the Xmas sampler during the bills niners game last night.  I have a single from the host that I purchased around the same time frame as the sampler, so hopefully I'll be able to revisit this in a while and see how it changes.  Pairing with a coffee stout at first which was alright, nothing too special though.

Wrapper looks nice to me and the cigar is overweight by 2g, not sure if that's a lot over or a little over - guess I'll see once I light it up.  Aroma at cold strength is average.  Gave it a punch, little tight so gave it a standard guillotine and it's still a tad tight but we'll see.

1/3 - Light sweetness with maybe hints of cherry(could have been wishful thinking) alternating with a toasty wood

1hr in

2/3 - barnyard funk in the 2nd after an ash.  Transitions into a light tobacco sweetness then goes harsh as I'm puffing on it pretty frequently.  Start up a timer on my phone to regulate my puffs and the light maybe cherry sweetness reappears

3/3 - Pure wood/cedar

2hrs and 10min in

The draw wasn't too good and smoke output was not great for most of the stick and I had to puff on it excessively or else it would go out.  I had to relight it a bunch especially when I started timing my puffs, figure relighting was better than smoking too fast and making it harsh.  Only maybe halfway through the 3rd did I really start getting good smoke output and by that time I was really frustrated with it which took down my score.  

4/10 - flavors were nice but man the frequent relights and the tough smoke output really brought this cigar down!  It lasted me 2hrs and 30 min and was a constant battle trying to keep it lit!  Maybe a little harsh, but the frustration really got to me.  I am also in my fantasy playoff semi-final and had Deebo vs their Diggs with me going in with a small lead - until Deebo got things going in like the last 2 or 3 niner posessions, I was losing and I doubt that helped with my mindset for this cigar lol.  Still have 1 more resting that I'll smoke ehh dunno probably in the spring 

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Haha after my first plugged CC, I bought the perfecdraw - in the last pic.  May need to get more practice with it or something, didn't really feel any plugged spots with it though.  May have just been overfilled